Toledo 66, W. Michigan 63

TOLEDO, Ohio -- Terrance Owens threw for 318 yards and three touchdowns, and Toledo beat Western Michigan 66-63 Tuesday night, a week after the Rockets lost a shootout to Northern Illinois 63-60.

Western Michigan's Alex Carder threw seven touchdown passes and ran for another one, but it wasn't enough against the Rockets, who rushed for 419 yards.

Bernard Reedy caught a 42-yard touchdown pass with 4:04 left in the third quarter to put the Rockets (6-4, 5-1 Mid-American) up 49-35. The Broncos (5-5, 3-3) scored two touchdowns five minutes apart to tie it early in the fourth on Carder's scoring run, but Toledo answered with two touchdowns.

The Rockets' Morgan Williams and Adonis Thomas scored on the ground to make it 63-56 with 3:20 to go, and Jeremiah Detmer added a 39-yard field goal with 1:51 to play.

Toledo remained tied with Northern Illinois for first place in the MAC's West Division.

Research Notes

Was Toledo-Western Michigan the best "worst" game in recent memory, given that there were 10 turnovers? Yes. Since 2004 there have been 53 FBS games in which the two teams combined to score over 100 points. Tuesday marked just the third time two teams scored that many points and turned the ball over that many times.

Most Combined Turnovers - In Game with Over 100 Total Pts, FBS Since 2004

TO

Tuesday

Toledo def. Western Michigan

10

2007

Rice def. UTEP

10

2004

San Jose St def. Rice

10

*Out of 53 such games

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This is the 2nd game in FBS this season in which both teams scored at least 4 touchdowns in the first half. Ironically, Western Michigan was part of the other one as well as it led Ball State 35-28 at halftime on October 29th.
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Western Michigan and Toledo combined to score 35 points in the first quarter. That is the 2nd-most combined 1st-quarter points in a MAC game in the TruMedia era (since 2004). Buffalo and Toledo combined for 38 pts in the first quarter in October 2007.